17:15 |
Khona-ke labo ababehola uPawulu bamyisa e-Athene. Futhi ngemva kokuthola umyalo kuye kuSila noThimothewu, ukuze beze kuye masinyane, bahamba. |
17:22 |
Kodwa uPawulu, emi phakathi kweAreyophagu, kusho: “Madoda ase-Athene, Ngiyabona ukuthi kukho konke nikholelwa ezeni. |
17:23 |
Ngoba njengoba ngangidlula futhi ngiqaphela izithombe zenu, Ngathola ne-altare, okwakulotshwe kuyo: KUNKULUNKULU ONGAZIWAYO. Ngakho-ke, enikhonza ngokungazi, lokhu yikho engikutshumayela kini: |
17:24 |
uNkulunkulu owenza umhlaba nakho konke okukuwo, Lowo oyiNkosi yezulu nomhlaba, ongahlali emathempelini enziwe ngezandla. |
17:25 |
Futhi akakhonzwa ngezandla zabantu, sengathi udinga utho, ngoba nguye onika zonke izinto ukuphila lokuphefumula lakho konke okunye. |
17:26 |
Futhi wenze, kokukodwa, wonke umndeni womuntu: ukuhlala phezu kobuso bomhlaba wonke, enquma izikhathi ezimisiweyo nemikhawulo yokuhlala kwazo, |
17:27 |
ukuze afune uNkulunkulu, uma mhlawumbe bengase bamcabange noma bamthole, nakuba engekude kulowo nalowo kithi. |
17:28 |
‘Ngokuba siphila kuye, futhi unyakaze, futhi ube khona.’ Njengoba nje ezinye zezimbongi zakini zishilo. ‘Ngokuba nathi singabomndeni wakhe.’ |
17:29 |
Ngakho-ke, njengoba singabantwana bomndeni kaNkulunkulu, akumelwe sicabangele igolide noma isiliva noma amatshe ayigugu, noma ukuqoshwa kobuciko kanye nemicabango yomuntu, ukuba yisithombe salokho okuBunkulunkulu. |
17:30 |
Futhi ngempela, UNkulunkulu, esebheke phansi ukuze abone ukungazi kwalezi zikhathi, manje usememezele emadodeni ukuthi wonke umuntu kuyo yonke indawo kufanele enze ukuzisola. |
17:31 |
Ngoba umisile usuku azakwahlulela ngalo umhlaba ngokulunga, ngomuntu ammisile, enikeza ukukholwa kubo bonke, ngokumvusa kwabafileyo.” |
17:32 |
Futhi lapho sebezwile ngokuVuka kwabafileyo, ngempela, abanye babehlekisa, abanye bathi, “Sizokulalela ngalokhu futhi.” |
17:33 |
Ngakho uPawulu wasuka phakathi kwabo. |
17:34 |
Nokho ngempela, amadoda athile, benamathela kuye, wakholwa. Phakathi kwalaba kwakukhona noDiyonisiyu wase-Areyophagu, nowesifazane ogama lakhe linguDamari, labanye kanye labo. |
shiya impendulo
Kufanele ube ungene ngemvume ukuthumela amazwana.